Chapter 1

  Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:  

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  Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.  

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  I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,  

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  Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,  

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  For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;  

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  Being confident of this very thing, that he who hath begun a good work in you, will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:  

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  Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.  

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  For God is my witness, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.  

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  And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;  

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  That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ;  

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  Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.  

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  But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened to me have fallen out rather to the furtherance of the gospel;  

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  So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;  

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  And many of the brethren in the Lord, becoming confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.  

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  Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife; and some also from good will.  

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  The one preach Christ from contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:  

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  But the other from love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the gospel.  

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  What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.  

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  For I know that this will turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,  

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  According to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.  

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  For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.  

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  But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor: yet what I shall choose I know not.  

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  For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:  

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  Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.  

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  And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;  

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  That your rejoicing for me may be more abundant in Jesus Christ by my coming to you again.  

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  Only let your manner of life be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;  

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  And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from God.  

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  For to you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;  

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  Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.  

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